This review analyzes the effects of school physical education programs on physical activity levels and attitudes toward physical education and physical activity in children and adults.
- This study suggests that schools have the potential to influence habitual physical activity among children by encouraging increased participation in extracurricular sports activities, by favoring active commuting to school, and by providing exercise equipment and supervision for youth in their neighborhoods.
- Additionally, this study suggests that most young children have a very positive attitude towards physical education although as they grow older, their perception of physical education as a positive experience seems to become more ambiguous.
Trudeau, Francois and Shephard, Roy J. “Contribution of School Programmes to Physical Activity Levels and Attitudes in Children and Adults.” Sports Medicine. 35.2 (2005): 89-105.
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